On July 28, Seattle City Council passed a new bill which contains two main components: consumers will no longer get grocery bags for free, and businesses will no longer be permitted to use or sell foam containers. Drafted and presented by Council President Richard Conlin, this bill mimics a similar law passed in Ireland that [...]
Last summer, custodian Jim “Animal” Pecotte was re-assigned to work at the Edmonds School District 15’s office. Students petitioned to return him to his position at Terrace, but were unsuccessful. Marketing technical education teacher Trinity Merriwood was scheduled to ship off to Iraq as a soldier in early October. She was aware of the possibility [...]
In previous years, schools throughout Edmonds School District 15 (ESD), have provided an after-school activities/athletics bus. It was transportation for people with extra-curricular involvement and went through a broad range of stops to comply with everyone’s needs. Due to this year’s budget cuts, however, no school in district has the bus. The idea to discontinue [...]
It was just another fire drill that would be over in a few minutes – or so students thought. At around 1:35 p.m. on Oct. 1, students heard the blaring sirens, which was unusual for an ordinary drill. There’ve been two drills in the past month, which could’ve been deceiving to students that there wasn’t [...]
Terrace volleyball is sitting pretty as they gaze into the outlook of the 2008 season. Banking on the fact that they are only losing three seniors and the top teams in WesCo South are graduating several seniors, the prospect of having a great season seems very high. Even with this though, consistency is going to [...]
As is tradition for the Hawks Cross Country team, the team is gearing up for another successful season where expectations are high and goals even higher. Last year’s season ended in heartbreak when they took fifth place at the Northwest District, which ousted their state chances by a single placing. This year though, the team [...]
The men’s tennis team is recovering from the loss of their long time coach Gigi Johnson. New coach Alberto Ramirez hopes “to have a successful season.” Ramirez was formerly the JV team’s coach, and the team members support his new position. “He’s a really good guy who knows the game well. He will help you [...]
After a surprisingly disappointing 5-10-1 season last year, the women’s soccer team will be in rebuild mode. With 10 seniors leaving it will be up to the young guns to fill the shoes left by the graduated seniors. Seniors Amanda Berry, Becky Bradlee, Titi Chikoore and Kylie Hollenbeck will be the only seniors from last [...]
Last year the Hawks ended their football season with an unfortunate 1-9 record. But this year, they have different plans. “Everybody wants to win. But you have to do a lot of hard work in order to win, and this year we have a team that is willing to put in that work and win [...]
While many of the rest of us were sitting in the last days of summer’s sun, the women’s swim team had already begun preparing for their season. “Practices have just started and it has started off great,” Co-Captain Michelle Liu said. The team began practice on Monday, August 25. The girls swim team is focused [...]
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